Andy Pettitte made his second minor league start today, throwing four shutout innings for the High-A Tampa Yankees at the home base, GMS Field. He allowed two singles, didn’t walk a batter, and struck out three. He also generated seven ground balls — one resulting in a double play — while not allowing anything to be hit in the air. Josh Norris spoke to a scout who was at the game, and relayed this report…
Scout at the game: Pettitte’s at 87-89, good command and movement to both sides. SL better than CB. Change is OK. Looks ready. #Yankees
— Josh Norris (@jnorris427) April 15, 2012
Same scout: Pettitte looks ready, but just needs to be stretched out. #Yankees.
— Josh Norris (@jnorris427) April 15, 2012
There’s no word on how many pitches Pettitte threw, but he was scheduled for 50 or so. The Yankees have Andy on a regular five-day schedule now, so he’ll likely make his next start on Friday and throw 65-70 pitches. They did give him an extra day of rest last time though, so maybe he’ll get pushed back to Sunday. Either way, Pettitte appears to be three or four starts away from being an option for the big league team, assuming all goes according to plan and he doesn’t run into any physical problems.
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